Health care bill should be a concern to all

March 17, 2010

As a baby boomer scared to death of Medicare cuts, I have followed closely the health care debate but not the Democratic talking points carefully crafted as letters to the editor by unions and interest groups. At this point, no one can surely say what is in these bills, but everyone should be suspicious. As Peggy Noonan observed in the March 6 Wall Street Journal, ''The president spends more time obscuring than clarifying.''

My biggest disappointment, however, has been the inability to get any direct answers from our senators. U.S. Rep Paul Ryan confronted the president at the recent summit and laid out a cost analysis that indicates the true cost of the bill at a $460 billion deficit in the first 10 years and $1.4 trillion deficit in the second 10 years. The president did not refute this despite his pledge that he would not sign a bill that adds one dime to the deficit.

It is time for everyone to get involved because make no mistake about it: Your life may depend on it. There is no free lunch.